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Health Priorities in Developing Countries

Author

Delph, Yvette M.

Bibliographic Citation

Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics. 1993 Spring; 21(1): 16-22.

Abstract

In essence then, the health sector in developing countries is weak
and fragile; it is vulnerable to external financial pressures and the vagaries
of national budget priorities. Throughout the world, leaders in health must
seek more effective ways of impressing upon others who make national policy
the long term consequences of crises which disrupt health services. Above all,
the impact of disinvestment in health in creating underdevelopment and the
value of investment in health in creating development must be demonstrably
established. Health must be seen as an engine of national development.